Guides @ UF: BME6938: Global Health in Biomedical Engineering: Biomedical Engineering Information Sources

PubMed This link opens in a new window
International biomedical database from U.S. National Library of Medicine. PubMed comprises citations from MEDLINE, life science journals, and e-books, some links to full text content.
Embase This link opens in a new window
Major biomedical literature database, with a particular focus on international coverage. Additional focus also given to chemicals and drugs. Features a Medical Device search.
Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making

Compendex (in Engineering Village) This link opens in a new window
ACCESS ENDS 12/31/24 - Comprehensive engineering database which includes the ability to filter results by physical, chemical, electrical properties and more.
IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing and full-text access to IEEE and IEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 and all current IEEE standards. Access to the full text is restricted to current UF students/staff/faculty.
INSPEC (in Engineering Village) This link opens in a new window
ACCESS ENDS 12/31/24 - An Institute of Engineering and Technology index of journals and proceedings in physics, electrical/electronic engineering, computing, control engineering, and information technology.
Applied Science & Technology Source This link opens in a new window
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Indexes journals in STEM fields including artificial intelligence, computer science, informatics, engineering, environmental sciences, mathematics, physical sciences, social sciences.

Scopus This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive, curated abstract and citation database with enriched data and linked scholarly literature across a wide variety of disciplines.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary journal indexing and citation database with coverage back to 1900.
Dimensions Analytics This link opens in a new window
ENTER YOUR UFL EMAIL and then LOG IN WITH YOUR GATORLINK. Dimensions Analytics is a comprehensive scholarly database where you can search publications, grants, patents, clinical trials, datasets, and policy documents. Courtesy of UF Research.

arXiv
Includes open access e-prints on Physics and more specific areas such as Medical Physics and Optics
bioRxiv
Archive for preprints in the life sciences.
engrXiv
Open archive of engineering preprints. Covers most areas of engineering.
medRxiv
Collection of biomedical-related preprints.
Web of Science's Preprint Citation Index
Discover preprints for key research articles ahead of the formal publication in a journal from a range of international selected and evaluated preprint repositories in the sciences, social sciences and arts & humanities.

International Health Technology Assessment Database
This database provides information about ongoing and published health technology assessments commissioned or undertaken by HTA organisations internationally.

ALTBIB - Alternatives to Animal Testing This link opens in a new window
Resources for Alternatives to the Use of Live Vertebrates in Biomedical Research and Testing. ALTBIB citations have been selected from articles, books, book chapters, and technical reports published from 1980 to 2000. These citations examine methods, tests, assays, and procedures that may be useful in establishing alternatives to the use of intact vertebrates.